In a display of unbridled optimism after that last win I was looking at the schedule moving forward and struck by how favorable the rest of the season really is. We still have tough games obviously (Clemson, VT, Louisville, FSU), but we play most teams at the absolute perfect time. In almost every case we play teams right after they finish at least one, and sometimes a long string of tough games. And often we're the week before our opponents' bigger games.
- NCST: FSU, @Clemson,
BC, @Louisville. No byes during that stretch. BC has a bye the week before.
- Clemson: FSU, UNC, NCST, Louisville,
@BC. No byes during that stretch. BC gets @NCST the week before.
- VT: @UNC, @Pitt, Miami,
BC, @Duke. Byes between UNC and Pitt and after the BC game. BC gets Wake the week before.
- Louisville: @Clemson, NCST, FSU,
@BC, @ND. Bye before FSU and before ND. Clearly we're the afterthought.
- FSU: @Miami,
BC, Florida. Ok, we're going to lose. Let's be real. But at least we're sandwiched between their two biggest games with no byes in between. And we have a bye week going into it. Maybe as good as it gets.
It's almost as though Swofford and the powers that be expected BC to be a basement dweller and was trying to toss the golden children in the conference an easy game after a tough stretch or the week before a big matchup. Well, Swofford might've been wrong and this could really work out for BC. A lot of the teams on our schedule moving forward might be beaten down or looking ahead to the next week when Daz and co. roll into town!